Parliament | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
Genres | |
Discography | Parliament discography |
Years active | 1968–1970, 1974–1980, 2018 |
Labels | Casablanca (1974–1980) Invictus (1968–1970) C Kunspyruhzy (2018) Def Jam (2021–present) |
Spinoffs | Parliament-Funkadelic |
Spinoff of | The Parliaments |
Past members |
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Parliament was an American funk band formed in 1968 by George Clinton as a flagship act of his P-Funk collective. Evolving out of an earlier vocal group, Parliament became associated with a more commercial and less rock-oriented sound than its sister act Funkadelic. Their work incorporated Afrofuturism concepts, horn arrangements, synthesizer, and outlandish theatrics.[2] The band scored a number of Top 10 hits, including the million-selling 1976 single "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)," and Top 40 albums such as Mothership Connection (1975).